Wow, I am trying very hard to not be offended that you would assume that I am either ignorant of these things and/or incapable of communicating to my children the importance of those events. OR that I wouldn't be able to educate myself (you know, taking some classes of my own!) in order to do so, or that my husband would be unable to. That's a pretty large leap to be making.
Public school (or schools in general) are not the be-all end-all of socializing your children. Besides which, I was educated in public schools, and still was uncomfortable with my peers. I didn't shed that until I grew up and went out on my own. Some folks are just naturally shy or introverted and never WILL be comfortable around others.
However, I think we are in danger of hijacking this thread, so if you care to reply, I suggest FReepmail, and I will respond that way as well. :)
Im sorry i offended you but most americans don't even know what the hell the Spanish Armada is. But like i said theres is no possible way for most people to teach their kids Calculus. I couldn't teach a person Calculus even though I got the highest possible score on the AP calc test, and I've taking 3 semesters of it plus a semester in Differential Equations.
Let me try to half a.s.s segway this into the real topic!
If the only socialization your kids get is threw youth groups, and you have a large amount of control over them, they will have a fun freshman year at college. The girls at school at the beginning of the year who were completly protect until then, ended up doing some of the most dangerous things I've ever seen people do. Trust me they will rebel like you wont believe. I've seen alot of nice girls (parton my french) become huge sluts. That kind of behavor is hard to stop and can lead to her not wanting to get married because getting drunk 5 nights a week is much better than having kids. Well that is until she gets pregnant and the kid has no father.